Sadness turns to anger as mourners incur fines at scene of fatal crash

Bridie Jabour

Friends of those killed in the crash at Coomera early Saturday gather where five died. Photo: Courtesy Channel 7

POLICE have issued fines to mourners for doing illegal U-turns and drinking in public at the site of a crash that killed five young people on the weekend.

Just after midnight last Saturday a Holden Statesman carrying five people broke down on the Pacific Highway at the Gold Coast suburb of Coomera.

While stopped in a well-lit safety lane it was hit by a Nissan Pulsar, killing Kody Williams, 18, his girlfriend Tiana Williams, 17, Allan Sullivan, 20, and his girlfriend Natasha Maggs, 23, the parents of a young baby girl.

The 18-year-old driver of the Nissan Pulsar, Jordan Hayes-McGuinness, also died in the crash.

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Since then friends of the group have made a makeshift memorial at the crash site, next to the highway, where they say they have gathered every night leaving flowers beside white crosses bearing the names of their dead friends.

According to Channel Nine, police began issuing fines to mourners at the site last night for drinking in public and making illegal U-turns. ''Three different people have lost their licence over just doing a U-turn to pay some respect,'' a young man told a camera crew at the site.

A young female criticised the police and said the group had been nothing but respectful.

''Everyone has been down here and, you know, everyone is just so respectful,'' she said. ''They've even bought rubbish bins here so they don't litter.''

Police told Channel Nine they were encouraging people to mourn but were concerned another accident could happen on the blind hill.